A (n) sentinel is a special value that marks the end of a sequence of items.

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Olive Lamb

Computers & Technology

26 June, 08:08

A (n) sentinel is a special value that marks the end of a sequence of items.

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Ezra Raymond · Answer 1

Sentinel value

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It is the sentinel value in computer programming which is also being termed as the flag value, rogue value, dummy data signal value or the trip value. It has its meaning in the context of the algo, and that clarifies that it is the end of the block or code basically inside a loop or in any kind of recursive algo.